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romney used senator portman of ohio to act as his opponent. john carrey played the president. they said both men are ready. >> i think that both are excellent in their own way. you can argue that mitt has had a lot more recent experience. >> the president has a day job. the president has been president and has not had the time to practice. all we hear about is how much mitt romney is practicing, practicing, practicing wherever he goes. >> reporter: today, president barack obama headed to las vegas while mitt romney attended church in massachusetts. >>> in afghanistan, five people are dead including two americans after a firefight broke out in the eastern part of the country. an insider attack similar to the ones that have killed dozens of nato forces. drew levenson tells us how this a tack marks a grim milestone. [gunfire] >> reporter: this weekend marked a deadly milestone in afghanistan. 2,000 american soldiers killed since the war began nearly 11 years ago t. happened at a checkpoint in the eastern part of the country. one u.s. soldier, an american contractor, and three af
romney used senator portman of ohio to act as his opponent. john carrey played the president. they said both men are ready. >> i think that both are excellent in their own way. you can argue that mitt has had a lot more recent experience. >> the president has a day job. the president has been president and has not had the time to practice. all we hear about is how much mitt romney is practicing, practicing, practicing wherever he goes. >> reporter: today, president barack...
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what are governor romney's loopholes will romney close, what will he do about immigration? you're holding out making a decision? >> i'm still holding out, yes. >> reporter: that's why president obama was back in nevada today. both candidates are battling hard for this battleground state. on the ground to get out the vote, carpet bombing the airwaves with political ads. >> my plan will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> it's not just going to generate more jobs, going to create one more million jobs, tell me how, where? >> today it could be obama, tomorrow it could be romney. i can't promise anything. >> reporter: peplowski and lopez both hope the debates will help them finally make up their minds. bill whitaker, cbs news, las vegas. >> glor: in afghanistan a fire fight today claimed the lives of two americans, a u.s. service member and civilian contractor. it happened in eastern wardak province. three afghan soldiers also died, and afghan army official calls it a misunderstanding between nato-led forces and afghan soldiers manning a check point. in iraq
what are governor romney's loopholes will romney close, what will he do about immigration? you're holding out making a decision? >> i'm still holding out, yes. >> reporter: that's why president obama was back in nevada today. both candidates are battling hard for this battleground state. on the ground to get out the vote, carpet bombing the airwaves with political ads. >> my plan will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> it's not just going to generate...
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a positively undecided voters shows romney won last night by a 2-1 margin. cbs reporter tara mergener has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney set the debate tone early. >> under the president's policy middle income americans have been buried. >> reporter: energetic and agrees ever, romney slammed the president's economic record and laid out his own plan. >> there will be no cut that adds to the deficit. >> reporter: but the president repeatedly insisted that romney is calling for $8 trillion in tax cuts and spending that cannot be paid for without adding to the deficit or burdening more middle income americans. >> it's math. it's arithmetic. >> reporter: the president also criticized his opponent for not providing more details about wall street reform and healthcare. >> at some point, i think the american people have to ask themselves, is the reason that governor romney is keeping all these plans to replace secret because they're too good? >> reporter: privately, the obama campaign is conceding that romney's extensive debate preparation
a positively undecided voters shows romney won last night by a 2-1 margin. cbs reporter tara mergener has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney set the debate tone early. >> under the president's policy middle income americans have been buried. >> reporter: energetic and agrees ever, romney slammed the president's economic record and laid out his own plan. >> there will be no cut that adds to the deficit. >> reporter: but the president...
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i'm mitt romney 53 son. he's running for president. >> reporter: the campaigns are getting down to basics, hoping personal outreach will help push those final vote. >> doing a good job. >> thank you. >> keep it up. >> nice to meet you, ron. >> nice to meet you all. >> reporter: more than 70% of colorado voters are expected to vote before election day. with the candidates tied, both parties are scrambling to get as many ballots as possible in the bag. >> have you voted yet? >> no, but i have the ballot. >> reporter: at the university of denver, steph winsor and the young democrats were canvassing the campus, offering coffee and donutto help energize the base. nationally, president obama still dominates the youth vote. >> i was call to find out if he was going to be supporting mitt romney. >> reporter: but a harvard institute of politics study find more romney supporters saying they will definitely go vote. >> if everyone voted who wanted to vote who could vote, we'd be blue without a doubt. the issues is gett
i'm mitt romney 53 son. he's running for president. >> reporter: the campaigns are getting down to basics, hoping personal outreach will help push those final vote. >> doing a good job. >> thank you. >> keep it up. >> nice to meet you, ron. >> nice to meet you all. >> reporter: more than 70% of colorado voters are expected to vote before election day. with the candidates tied, both parties are scrambling to get as many ballots as possible in the bag....
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well, today romney told the "denver post": >> pelley: jan crawford is covering the romney campaign. jan, that's new. >> reporter: well, scott, this marks the first time that romney has said he's not going to take away the two-year visas from the people holding them. campgnrces say he's not going to extend them and romney said in the interview that's not going to be necessary because he's going to be ointerm immigr. but this two-year visa program is popular with hispanics, that's a group that could decide the election and romney's got to make up some ground. there's a new cnn poll that has the president with 70% of the vote among hispanics compared to romney's 26%. romney is hitting the president hard on immigration. he's saying he's playing politics with this issue, he's passing what he called a stopgap measure, this two-year program, instead of passing long-term reform like he promised four years ago. scott you can expect to hear more of this in the debate tomorrow night. >> pelley: jan, thanks very much. cbs news will bring you live covegef e debate tomorrow night beginning at 9:0
well, today romney told the "denver post": >> pelley: jan crawford is covering the romney campaign. jan, that's new. >> reporter: well, scott, this marks the first time that romney has said he's not going to take away the two-year visas from the people holding them. campgnrces say he's not going to extend them and romney said in the interview that's not going to be necessary because he's going to be ointerm immigr. but this two-year visa program is popular with hispanics,...
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and the romney campaign is pushing supporters to cast their ballots now. with polls showing a tight race, romney hopes to keep his momentum going to election day. >> the supporters of the president have this chance, they do four more years, i like ten more days a lot better you know what? [ laughter ] >> reporter: in new hampshire, president barack obama once again heard the four more years. [ people chanting ] and he too talked about ten more days. >> ten days and you'll be stepping into a voting booth, and making is defining choice about the future of our country. >> reporter: new hampshire is the smallest battleground state with just four electoral votes with the way the race is shaping up, those votes could make a difference. >> new hampshire, i still believe in you. i need you to keep believing in me. >> reporter: with hurricane sandy barreling towards the east coast, both have been forced to change their travel schedules. romney scrapped a sunday trip to virginia. and will instead join running mate ryan in ohio. the president has planned to leave mon
and the romney campaign is pushing supporters to cast their ballots now. with polls showing a tight race, romney hopes to keep his momentum going to election day. >> the supporters of the president have this chance, they do four more years, i like ten more days a lot better you know what? [ laughter ] >> reporter: in new hampshire, president barack obama once again heard the four more years. [ people chanting ] and he too talked about ten more days. >> ten days and you'll be...
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>> axelrod: tonight, the romney bounce. >> let's make it happen! thank you so much. >> axelrod: as they get ready for the second debate, new polls show the first one was fuel for mitt romney. nancy cordes joins us with the latest from both camps. also tonight, hope for malala. the pakistani school girl clinging to life after the taliban shot her at close range. doctors see some promising signs. elizabeth palmer reports from pakistan. lessons learned on the battle fields of iraq and afghanistan are saving lives here at home. bob orr with that story. >> it's awesome. it's so big, too. i can't believe it's going down the street. >> axelrod: and mission improbable-- a space shuttle inching along the streets of los angeles on its final mission. ben tracy takes us along for the ride. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. in 24 days, americans will elect a president. according to the latest national gallup poll, mitt romney now leads barack obama by two points, 49 to 47, a statistical dead h
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ling.s job is to keep romney's al gallu rolling. today's national gallup poll of likely voters shows governor romney with a slender lead of one point over the president. of course, that's within the lly a tie.error so it's essentially a tie. tonight's debate is at centre college in danville, kentucky. nancy cordes and jan crawford danville. first we'll go to nancy, covering the vice president's campaign. nancy. >> reporter: scott the vice president arrived here in kentucky today after several days of intense preparation in his home state of delaware and several people there with him veld us the president's weak performance in his own debate didn't so much change the ndrategy as raise the stakes and they say the vice president is very well aware he needs to have a better night than the president did. tu recall when the president was preparing for his own debate, he called it a drag. clear thacampaign is making it very clear that the vice president enjoyed his preparation, enjoys debating. they even released the vice nedsident and wha
ling.s job is to keep romney's al gallu rolling. today's national gallup poll of likely voters shows governor romney with a slender lead of one point over the president. of course, that's within the lly a tie.error so it's essentially a tie. tonight's debate is at centre college in danville, kentucky. nancy cordes and jan crawford danville. first we'll go to nancy, covering the vice president's campaign. nancy. >> reporter: scott the vice president arrived here in kentucky today after...
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paul ryan to build on mitt romney's momentum. senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on that. bill, good evening. >> good evening, jeff, you know, the vice presidential debate is normally a kind of sideshow but this year it has the potential to be a major event. not only because the president didn't do very well in his debate last week, but also because of the contrast between the two candidates. >> it's biden versus ryan. >> oh, yeah, i better get ready for that. >> age -- >> this is deadly earnest. >> veruous youth. a great society liberal. >> yes, we're going to ask the wealthy to pay more. >> reporter: versus the tea party conservative. >> at a time when we have a jobs crisis in america, wouldn't it be nice to have a job creator in the white house? >> reporter: biden became a u.s. senator when ryan turned three. and ran for president twice. he's been on many debate stages before. >> there's nothing like standing up before 20, 30, 40, 50, 70 million people. >> reporter: but bidesen also a nonstop talker prone to
paul ryan to build on mitt romney's momentum. senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on that. bill, good evening. >> good evening, jeff, you know, the vice presidential debate is normally a kind of sideshow but this year it has the potential to be a major event. not only because the president didn't do very well in his debate last week, but also because of the contrast between the two candidates. >> it's biden versus ryan. >> oh, yeah, i better get ready for...
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tomorrow it could be romney. i can'ts promise anything. >> reporter: they both hope that the debates will help them finally make up their minds. bill whittaker, cbs news, las vegas. >>> 50,000 techis are invading san francisco today. they started today at the center. it is one of the world's biggest check conferences, attending the latest technology view that he will have to offer. >> the reason on what their plans are, the products they use. if you don't know what the plans are, then you cannot adopt them in a family fashion. you cannot stay on the old stuff. >> reporter: they made softwares for their processes from everything like the credit cards and the atm transactions to the hotel reservations. oracle world runs through thursday. >>> people visiting, of course, they are wondering about this heat that we have. roberta gonzales is here with a look at our forecast. roberta? >> reporter: and yes, to see the full moon tonight, it's a big giant to give us this moon, called the harvest moon. and one month from now
tomorrow it could be romney. i can'ts promise anything. >> reporter: they both hope that the debates will help them finally make up their minds. bill whittaker, cbs news, las vegas. >>> 50,000 techis are invading san francisco today. they started today at the center. it is one of the world's biggest check conferences, attending the latest technology view that he will have to offer. >> the reason on what their plans are, the products they use. if you don't know what the...
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romney's campaign had raised $357 million, and spent $294 million. but outside spending from independent groups favors romney to to -- two-to-one and erases the president's money advantage. the race now a dead heat. expectations are high for the third and final debate. this one on foreign policy and moderated by cbs's bob schieffer. with the candidates off the trail sunday schieffer on face the nation moderated a dust up between two advisors, obama campaign official stephanie cutter defend the president's use of a new word. >> romney, it is playful term to describe what he is doing in the final days of the race, he has run as the ideal tea party candidate, severely conservative for the last six years running for president. in the last two weeks of this campaign he suddenly is moving to the mid snell. >> romney advisor kevin madden said the attacks were an attempt to divert attention from the president's failed record. >> it hasn't been about talking about what they would do over the next four years to really help rebuild the economy. instead, they've
romney's campaign had raised $357 million, and spent $294 million. but outside spending from independent groups favors romney to to -- two-to-one and erases the president's money advantage. the race now a dead heat. expectations are high for the third and final debate. this one on foreign policy and moderated by cbs's bob schieffer. with the candidates off the trail sunday schieffer on face the nation moderated a dust up between two advisors, obama campaign official stephanie cutter defend the...
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governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> reporter: mitt romney heads to colorado today for his last minute cram session. romney fit in another rehearsal after church in boston on sunday. he's been practicing since june. while many believe wednesday's debate is a must-win for romney, his running mate paul ryan says this will not be a defining moment. >> i don't think one event will make-or-break this campaign. >> reporter: apparently not everyone got the memo to down play expectations. >> thursday morning you'll all be scratching your heads and say wow we have a barn burner now. >> reporter: the debate will center on domestic issues including the economy but right now romney is focused on foreign policy and has been slamming the president over his handling of the events in the middle east. in an op-ed in the "wall street journal" romney said the president showed weakness in the middle east. he said president obama heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. he doesn't understand an american policy t
governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> reporter: mitt romney heads to colorado today for his last minute cram session. romney fit in another rehearsal after church in boston on sunday. he's been practicing since june. while many believe wednesday's debate is a must-win for romney, his running mate paul ryan says this will not be a defining moment. >> i don't think one event will make-or-break this campaign. >> reporter: apparently not everyone got the memo to...
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>> it was obviously on the issue that romney hopes to exploit is jobs. he sort of suckered him into saying twice. and joe biden said right, and sort of acted like he hadn't heard what he just heard. if you were paying attention, that was a good moment and in general, when he stayed on the question of jobs, the congressman was credible tonight. >> joe joining us, thank you. back to you. it was a fun night in politics. >> thank you, grace. >>> the other big contest came with a very unhappy ending for the oakland a's. their phenomenal season came up short tonight with a game five loss to the detroit tigers. kristen ayres is in reaction with how fans are reacting to the heartbreaking loss. >> reporter: a lot of these were waving around, people were believing for another walkoff in that 9th inning. instead, they got a shutout. >> optimism doesn't begin to describe it. religious is more like it. these fans watch that wednesday night walkoff. >> coming around. >> and they believe. >> come back and dominate. they have all the momentum. >> the momentum and home f
>> it was obviously on the issue that romney hopes to exploit is jobs. he sort of suckered him into saying twice. and joe biden said right, and sort of acted like he hadn't heard what he just heard. if you were paying attention, that was a good moment and in general, when he stayed on the question of jobs, the congressman was credible tonight. >> joe joining us, thank you. back to you. it was a fun night in politics. >> thank you, grace. >>> the other big contest came...
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a gallup poll out today has romney at 49%, president obama 47%. that is within the poll's margin of error so it is still tientially a tie. the two campaigns tangled today over the definition of one of the shortest words in the english language. the question is whether vice president biden misled the american people in the debate last night and whether he had misused the word "we." biden was responding to charges meat the state department turned uest requests for more security in libya before the terror attack last month that killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. whe's what the vice president said. >> well, we weren't told they wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more eycurity again. and, by the way, at the time we were told exactly -- we said exactly what the intelligence eommunity told us that they knew. that was the assessment. >> pelley: the fight today was wer what he meant by "we." our campaign 2012 correspondents are on the story and we'll go first to jan crawford who gotten a earful from the romney campaign tod
a gallup poll out today has romney at 49%, president obama 47%. that is within the poll's margin of error so it is still tientially a tie. the two campaigns tangled today over the definition of one of the shortest words in the english language. the question is whether vice president biden misled the american people in the debate last night and whether he had misused the word "we." biden was responding to charges meat the state department turned uest requests for more security in libya...
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the romney campaign said "the comments do not reflect governor romney's views." mourdock complained that critics grre twisting his views but today he apologized. te i abhor violence and i'm confident god abhors violence rom rape. if they came away with any mpression other than that i vor y regret it. >> reporter: mourdock stood by nsistelief that abortion should be illegal after a rape. that stand is different from mitt romney's who told cbs news ne august he would allow osing thes for rape. >> i'm in favor of abortion being legal in the case of rape and insist and the health and life of the mother. >> reporter: mourdock made his comments just as mitt romney was closing the 12-point lead the president once had with women and just days after romney began appearing in an ad for mourdock. , with so much at stake i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock. >> reporter: republicans complained today that this was yet another distraction from the core issue of the economy. but, scott, to democrats this clash over abortion rights is a ire issue that they plan t
the romney campaign said "the comments do not reflect governor romney's views." mourdock complained that critics grre twisting his views but today he apologized. te i abhor violence and i'm confident god abhors violence rom rape. if they came away with any mpression other than that i vor y regret it. >> reporter: mourdock stood by nsistelief that abortion should be illegal after a rape. that stand is different from mitt romney's who told cbs news ne august he would allow osing...
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in an op-ed in this morning's "wall street journal," romney said the president has shown weakness in the middle east. he says, president obama has heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. he does not understand that an american policy that lacks resolve can provoke aggression and encourage disorder. white house aides say the president is looking forward to debating foreign policy with mitt romney. >> this president promised a few things in 2008. he would end the iraq war. de. he would take the al qaeda fight and degrade them. he has. he would focus on osama bin laden and bring him to justice. he did. >> reporter: susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >>> foreign policy will be the focus of the last presidential debate which is scheduled for october 22 in florida. bob schieffer will moderate that. >>> two americans are dead following a fight between u.s. and afghan forces. a soldier and a contractor were killed in that fight. nato has classified the incident asen insider attack. this weekend's death raises the american toll in the afghanistan war to 2000 u.s. service membe
in an op-ed in this morning's "wall street journal," romney said the president has shown weakness in the middle east. he says, president obama has heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. he does not understand that an american policy that lacks resolve can provoke aggression and encourage disorder. white house aides say the president is looking forward to debating foreign policy with mitt romney. >> this president promised a few things in 2008. he would end the iraq...
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romney is rigid and stays on track. how do these two face off without ticking each other off i guess? >> i don't think they do. i think we see sparks fly. when he was getting interrupted by them. again, president obama interrupted john mccain routinely back in 2008. so we really have a recipe for some snujing back and forth. i don't know jim is going to be able to prevent that. it is a bigger deal for romney because he's behind in the polls and had that gaff a couple weeks ago. come off looking good or fall further in the pack >> that seems to be the general consensus. obama seems to be able to stay on the path, he should be fine. mitt romney needs the game change to happen. and campaign is building this up. they are the ones who are saying we're going to reboot. first it was the conventions, then the vice presidential pick. if he's not able to come out and he's done five full debate preps at this point. >> yeah. he may be too ready. >> yeah. he definitely this is his big chance and people understand that. >> good theat
romney is rigid and stays on track. how do these two face off without ticking each other off i guess? >> i don't think they do. i think we see sparks fly. when he was getting interrupted by them. again, president obama interrupted john mccain routinely back in 2008. so we really have a recipe for some snujing back and forth. i don't know jim is going to be able to prevent that. it is a bigger deal for romney because he's behind in the polls and had that gaff a couple weeks ago. come off...
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obama or governor romney. the president and governor romney are spending nearly all of their campaign time and money in those nine states, and it's a far cry from the way america used to be. in 1960, richard nixon campaigned in all 50 states. john kennedy in 45. so how did the presidential battleground get so small? we asked our political direct john dickerson to explain it all tonight. john. >> reporter: scott, those toss-up states in gray are the only ones where both candidates have a shot at winning the majority of the vote. in the battle to get 270 electoral votes, in the vast majority of states you just need to win by one vote to get all the electoral votes in the state. in all the other nontoss had up states, one party dominates by enough that a candidate of the minority party would never have a realistic chance. >> john, thank you very much. at tuesday's dthe long battle over the keystone pipeline briefly came up. tonight, the owner, transcanada, has temporarily shut down the existing section which carr
obama or governor romney. the president and governor romney are spending nearly all of their campaign time and money in those nine states, and it's a far cry from the way america used to be. in 1960, richard nixon campaigned in all 50 states. john kennedy in 45. so how did the presidential battleground get so small? we asked our political direct john dickerson to explain it all tonight. john. >> reporter: scott, those toss-up states in gray are the only ones where both candidates have a...
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compare it to governor romney's plan. see which plan you think is better for you and for america's future. he says he has a plan. >> and that was the president yesterday in ohio. in general, polls show the popular vote still up for grabs. the president appears to have an edge in the electoral vote but that depends on the outcomes in swing states which are still too close to call. >> 13 days. >> incredible. >> finally!! >>> it's 4:41. a data breach. bookstore where credit card readers were hacked. >> plus it's an amazing story of survival. >> one ripped off and the other ripped off and i kept going. >> why this 82-year-old man waited days to call for help after getting stranded in the snow. >> and an all-out brawl at a high school football game leaving a coach unconscious. how it got started and what's next for his players when we come back. lp prevent with lysol disinfectant spray. and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times mortion with each wash. this season, a good offense is the best defense. lysol. mission for
compare it to governor romney's plan. see which plan you think is better for you and for america's future. he says he has a plan. >> and that was the president yesterday in ohio. in general, polls show the popular vote still up for grabs. the president appears to have an edge in the electoral vote but that depends on the outcomes in swing states which are still too close to call. >> 13 days. >> incredible. >> finally!! >>> it's 4:41. a data breach. bookstore...
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but crossing ohio today, the romney campaign claimed it has momentum, the same poll shows romney has a strong edge in voter enthusiasm, which is a factor in turnout. and he's leading among independentes, up by seven points in the cbs poll, 49% to 42%. in 2008, mr. obama won that group by eight over john mccain. at a rally near columbus, romney made awe direct appeal to independents, hitting mr. obama for failing to solve america's problem problems. >> they have not been able to define an agenda to get this economy going, to defend an agenda, in fact, the president's out of ideas, and he's-- he's out of excuses, and that's why in november you're gog make sure and vote him out of office. >> reporter: now, romney won't be gone from ohio for long. he's got campaign stops tomorrow in iowa, then he'll be back here tomorrow night. the campaign knows it's still got work to do to win over those independents and democrats who voted for the president four years ago but may not now. scott. >> pelley: jan, one prominent republican who voted for mr. obama four years ago endorsed him again today. c
but crossing ohio today, the romney campaign claimed it has momentum, the same poll shows romney has a strong edge in voter enthusiasm, which is a factor in turnout. and he's leading among independentes, up by seven points in the cbs poll, 49% to 42%. in 2008, mr. obama won that group by eight over john mccain. at a rally near columbus, romney made awe direct appeal to independents, hitting mr. obama for failing to solve america's problem problems. >> they have not been able to define an...
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romney is leading in most polls in the sunshine state. on thursday the "orlando sentinel" endorsed the candidate saying we have little confidence that obama will be successful in managing the economy and budget in the next four years. for that reason though we endorsed him in 2008 we recommend romney in this race. ♪ president obama picked up his own endorsement. the boss, bruce springsteen campaigned for the president in ohio with former president bill clinton. and the event for catholic charities is expected to bring in about $5 million. some of those jokes were pretty good. >> both men got in some good turns in. tara mergener in washington for us this morning. thank you. >> there are conflicting reports about the bangladesh student accused of trying to detonate a bomb at the federal reserve in new york city this week. investigators say quazi nafis came to the united states sent on jihad. some of those who know him are expressing disbelief the 21-year-old tried to carry out an attack. federal agents are going over evidence taken from q
romney is leading in most polls in the sunshine state. on thursday the "orlando sentinel" endorsed the candidate saying we have little confidence that obama will be successful in managing the economy and budget in the next four years. for that reason though we endorsed him in 2008 we recommend romney in this race. ♪ president obama picked up his own endorsement. the boss, bruce springsteen campaigned for the president in ohio with former president bill clinton. and the event for...
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mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risk of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the candidatesalso disagreed over foreign policy. congressman ryan pointing to the death of four americans in libya as an indication of weakness abroad while biden said romney's campaign talks first before they know what the facts are. reporting live in danville, i'm randall pinkston. >>> that cbs news poll found the overall impressions of both vice presidential candidate improved after the debate. 55% think biden is somebody they can relate to. 48% think ryan is. both candidates on how uncommitted voters feel about them as being effective president. we break down last night's face off. >> reporter: joe biden came out very aggressive in this debate and maintained that tone throughout. to republicans he was rude. they were using the word unhinged, complaining about his smirking. for democrats it's exactly what they wanted to see. a week ago president obama was very passive in his debate against mitt
mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risk of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the candidatesalso disagreed over foreign policy. congressman ryan pointing to the death of four americans in libya as an indication of weakness abroad while biden said romney's campaign talks first before they know what the facts are. reporting live in danville, i'm randall pinkston. >>> that cbs news poll found the overall...
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romney scrapped a trip to virginia tomorrow. instead he'll head to ohio. the president pushed the trip to florida to sunday night to beat the storm. >>> and speaking of hurricane sandy, it is now the second largest hurricane in the atlantic since hurricane lily in 1988. several governors along the east coast are declaring states of emergency and also usualing people to -- urging people to move inland. cbs reporter randall pinkston is on coney island with what people can do. >> reporter: there's no term as frankenstorm but that's what they're calling hurricane sandy. bad news for everien in its -- everybody in its path. crews along the east coast are boarding up businesses. and homes. >> put another one in there. >> reporter: the approaching storm is threatening some 60 million people. sandy's already kicking up rough surf and winds in north carolina. mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for some coastal communities in delaware and new jersey. >> heeding the warning and we're going and i'm hoping that i have a house when i come back. >> reporter: in at
romney scrapped a trip to virginia tomorrow. instead he'll head to ohio. the president pushed the trip to florida to sunday night to beat the storm. >>> and speaking of hurricane sandy, it is now the second largest hurricane in the atlantic since hurricane lily in 1988. several governors along the east coast are declaring states of emergency and also usualing people to -- urging people to move inland. cbs reporter randall pinkston is on coney island with what people can do. >>...
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president obama and mitt romney prepae for their next debate. how mister obama plans to changs tactics. and fearless felix living uo his name. the leap that's helped him land a spot in te record books. join us for cbs 5 eyewitnes, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, thunderstorms, 75 degrees. atlanta, morning showers, 74. st. louis, mostly sunny, 70 degrees. denver, partly sunny 77 and seattle rain 61 degrees. >>> dozens of people were hurt at a fireworks accident in china. some of the fireworks fell on to the crowd saturday. about 100 people were injured. many suffering skin burns. some were hospitalized. police are trying to determine the cause of the accident. >>> in italy at least three days of pre-trial hearings are scheduled to begin today in the "costa concordia" disaster. the ship's captain francesco schettino is expected to attend. he has said he's not fully to blame for the disaster. the ship struck a rock and capsized when it sailed close to shore last january. 32 people were killed. sa
president obama and mitt romney prepae for their next debate. how mister obama plans to changs tactics. and fearless felix living uo his name. the leap that's helped him land a spot in te record books. join us for cbs 5 eyewitnes, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, thunderstorms, 75 degrees. atlanta, morning showers, 74. st. louis, mostly sunny, 70 degrees. denver, partly sunny 77 and seattle rain 61 degrees. >>> dozens of...
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or romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time we did hear, because i have asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most consequential decision this is president made and it is going to be a historically a consequential decision, especially if a united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi arabia, frifns, an, for instance, and for the first time when romney hugged him on that i went, wow, because rom at this has come this close to saying i wouldn't have done that, he threw our ally under the bus, right? that has been a talking point of romney and boy not only did he backtrack from that he said you know i would have done the same thing as the president and that one floored me. >> so, charlie, one thing about the horses and bayonets line i think al is exactly right, there was substance to the barb, but you know we should ju
or romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time we did hear, because i have asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most consequential decision this is president made and it is going to be a historically a consequential decision, especially if a united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi...
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with romney now ahead 48% to 47. and in wisconsin, home state of paul ryan, the president's lead has been cut in half. it is now 50% to 47. dean reynolds is in another of the swing states, north carolina, with more about our poll tonight. dean. >> reporter: scott, governor romney has just finished speaking here at a big rally in arbville, north carolina, riding rising republican enthusiasm over this tightening race. and our poll today helps to explain why neither candidate seems able to pull away. ( applause ) in colorado, romney moved slightly ahead, benefitting from a strong debate. voters gave him a 72-16% margin on his performance. >> i need you to go out and find neighbors who voted for barack obama to come and join our team. >> reporter: 19% of voters in colorado say they're less likely to vote for the president because of the debate. while 26% say they're more likely to vote for romney. >> are you going to go to volleyball. >> reporter: liz payne of denver smnded to our poll. she was leaning towards romney bef
with romney now ahead 48% to 47. and in wisconsin, home state of paul ryan, the president's lead has been cut in half. it is now 50% to 47. dean reynolds is in another of the swing states, north carolina, with more about our poll tonight. dean. >> reporter: scott, governor romney has just finished speaking here at a big rally in arbville, north carolina, riding rising republican enthusiasm over this tightening race. and our poll today helps to explain why neither candidate seems able to...
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governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night. he's going to lay out his vision for america. he's going to contrast with what his view is with what the president's record is. the president's view for the future. this whole race is going to be turned upsidedown come thursday morning. >> national journalist white house correspondent major garrett is with us. good morning. >> great to be with you. >> what surprise might we expect? what's the strategy for these two going into this debate? >> why did governor christie say what he said? he knows governor romney needs an audience. if you look at the national polling data, abc/"washington post" has a poll out this morning. two-thirds of the country already believes president obama's going to win. he's going to win the debates. they're not going to tune in if they don't think there's something exciting going on or likely to go on. governor christie said, yes, tune in. we're going to change this race. if it isn't changed by thursday this debate doesn't
governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night. he's going to lay out his vision for america. he's going to contrast with what his view is with what the president's record is. the president's view for the future. this whole race is going to be turned upsidedown come thursday morning. >> national journalist white house correspondent major garrett is with us. good morning. >> great to be with...
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is a liar, not mitt romney is a phony, not mitt romney is a flip flopper but mitt romney is a right wing extremist that's wha what they e been saying and been on that consistently and what happened in denver was mitt romney threw a monkey wrench into that plan and what w what we have seen ine last week is obama campaign scram blink around trying to recalibrate and they have had the message they have gotten to now is they are trying to simultaneously and this is what you saw biden do all might tonight simultaneously say, romney is a liar, can't be trusted, isn't telling the truth, can't be trusted and also let me remind you he said, he and paul ryan are right wing extremists at the same time so their message now is complicated, and it has posed the kind of strategic conundrum that i still don't think -- they are trying to do kind of a high brild of, hybrid, and flip fp, ar,iar and right wing radical and haven't quite found the right pitch for that yet and that's where joe biden is groping for and one of the things this debate showed me at least is that is what they are going to try t
is a liar, not mitt romney is a phony, not mitt romney is a flip flopper but mitt romney is a right wing extremist that's wha what they e been saying and been on that consistently and what happened in denver was mitt romney threw a monkey wrench into that plan and what w what we have seen ine last week is obama campaign scram blink around trying to recalibrate and they have had the message they have gotten to now is they are trying to simultaneously and this is what you saw biden do all might...
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the ad suggests romney would be tougher on sesame street than wall street. >> in iowa yesterday romney surprised his views on the attack in benghazi. at a christmas party years ago romney met a former navy s.e.a.l. glenn dougherty who was killed in benghazi. >> it touched me as i recognized this young man that i thought was so impressive had lost his life in the service of his fellow men and women. >> romney has used the attack on the u.s. consulate to criticize president obama's foreign policy. >>> today congress opened a hearing into the benghazi attack as the state department offered its most detailed description of what happened. one state department official said it was never concluded protest over an anti-islam video triggered the attack which contrasts with earlier accounts. today's hearing is to focus on security issues at the consulate including efforts to rescue chris stevens from a safe-haven inside the building. elizabeth palmer in libya filed this report from inside the benghazi consulate. >> reporter: the u.s. compound in benghazi now sits empty and abandoned. if the men
the ad suggests romney would be tougher on sesame street than wall street. >> in iowa yesterday romney surprised his views on the attack in benghazi. at a christmas party years ago romney met a former navy s.e.a.l. glenn dougherty who was killed in benghazi. >> it touched me as i recognized this young man that i thought was so impressive had lost his life in the service of his fellow men and women. >> romney has used the attack on the u.s. consulate to criticize president...
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mitt romney did not have a bad performance. he had one very nice moment in the debate where he took off where the president failed. this was the president's night and it's going to cause democrats to breathe a sigh of relief. i wouldn't expect this to have the same effect as the first debate. mitt romney used that first debate to raise himself to the presidential level but it stops the bleeding for democrats. it could stop the momentum for mitt romney. ultimately it's likely to rally the democratic base. >>> as we reported the third and final presidential debate will be held next monday in boca raton, florida. cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer is the moderator and you can watch it right here on cbs. >>> yesterday the supreme court cleared the way for early voting in ohio for three days prior to the election. the state's republican election chief wanted to end early voting for several days before the election except for members of the military. the court ruled early voting must be offered to everybody. >>> th
mitt romney did not have a bad performance. he had one very nice moment in the debate where he took off where the president failed. this was the president's night and it's going to cause democrats to breathe a sigh of relief. i wouldn't expect this to have the same effect as the first debate. mitt romney used that first debate to raise himself to the presidential level but it stops the bleeding for democrats. it could stop the momentum for mitt romney. ultimately it's likely to rally the...
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now 42% of young voters say they view romney favorably. for the first time the president acknowledged his lackluster debate performance last night in l.a. this following a concert with katy perry and stevie wonder. >> everybody here is incredible professionals. they are such great friends. and they just perform flawlessly night after night, uhm, i can't all of us say the same. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there's also a $20,000 fundraising dinner here tonight with chez panisse cook alice waters as well as tyler lawrence from the food network who will be cooking and while there's a lot of excitement with these new numbers there will be a lot of pressure coming this thursday on the next debate which will be among the vice-presidential candidates. ken? >> just under a month to go before election day. could get interesting. thank you, grace. >>> >>> many in the bay area took advantage of early voting and cast their ballots today. cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman found people who just couldn't wait another 29 days. mike. >> reporter: you mean election
now 42% of young voters say they view romney favorably. for the first time the president acknowledged his lackluster debate performance last night in l.a. this following a concert with katy perry and stevie wonder. >> everybody here is incredible professionals. they are such great friends. and they just perform flawlessly night after night, uhm, i can't all of us say the same. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there's also a $20,000 fundraising dinner here tonight with chez panisse cook...
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the consensus was that mitt romney desperately needed a strong showing. and as grace lee shows us, he pretty much delivered. >> reporter: the polls show that the former governor knocked it out of the park. 500 uncommitted voters asked who won this debate. 46% said it was romney. only 20% said the president was the victor for the night. the man who has been fighting to show that he relates to the average american this whole election cycle, 56% of those polled say they had a better opinion of the former governor now. what started out as cordial quickly became heated. >> governor romney's proposal that he's been promoting for 18 months calls for a $5 million tax cut. and he is saying that he is going to pay for it by closing loopholes in deductions. the problem is, he's been asked over 100 times how you would close those deductions and loopholes and he hasn't been able to identify them. >> everything you just said about my tax plan is inaccurate. so if the tax plan he described were a tax plan i was asked to support, i would say absolutely not. i'm not looki
the consensus was that mitt romney desperately needed a strong showing. and as grace lee shows us, he pretty much delivered. >> reporter: the polls show that the former governor knocked it out of the park. 500 uncommitted voters asked who won this debate. 46% said it was romney. only 20% said the president was the victor for the night. the man who has been fighting to show that he relates to the average american this whole election cycle, 56% of those polled say they had a better opinion...
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. >> voting for romney. >> reporter: why? >> i think he has lead the country in a better direction. >> reporter: you don't the think that romney is going to beat him again? >> definitely not. he was nervous. >> reporter: campaign watchers say the format will present a challenge for president barack obama. he has to appear aggressive towards romney while not turning off the undecided voters asking the questions. while romney needs to seize the opportunity to improve his like likability numbers and show that he can connect with voters. >> and joe, as you know, it's a town hall format. a lot of pun did its say both candidates need to though empathy. >> the questions are coming from audience members. and this is an opportunity, even though it's a certain situation. you are communicating that you understand what they are saying and maybe you can relate. but the other component that is so important and women are looking for tonight, you have to be showing that you're listening to somebody. one complaint women make about men and you
. >> voting for romney. >> reporter: why? >> i think he has lead the country in a better direction. >> reporter: you don't the think that romney is going to beat him again? >> definitely not. he was nervous. >> reporter: campaign watchers say the format will present a challenge for president barack obama. he has to appear aggressive towards romney while not turning off the undecided voters asking the questions. while romney needs to seize the opportunity to...
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governor romney used every opportunity every question. we started out asking about libya. not much was said there. it kept going back to the economy and economic issues. so i think that's where they think this is going to be won and lost. i think the other takeaway is and what to look for down the road they're going to go all out now and they're going to have to. this thing is very, very close. it is so close we may wind up seeing one candidate win the popular vote, another win the electoral vote. it could wind up in an electoral vote tie which would be a total can of worms and a nightmare. who's going to win this thing? i think that's still to be decided. the only thing that i would bet money on right now is this is not going to be a year when any candidate wins in a landslide. it's going to be this close. >> pelley: bob, thanks, and well done last night. on wall street today stocks were down again. the dow plunged 243 points today to close at 13,102. we asked anthony mason why investors are unloading stock. >> reporter: the sell-off started after chemical giant dupont sa
governor romney used every opportunity every question. we started out asking about libya. not much was said there. it kept going back to the economy and economic issues. so i think that's where they think this is going to be won and lost. i think the other takeaway is and what to look for down the road they're going to go all out now and they're going to have to. this thing is very, very close. it is so close we may wind up seeing one candidate win the popular vote, another win the electoral...
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the romney camp is firing back, a senior adviser says he was stunned by mr. obama's romnesia remarks. and on the campaign trail romney tried to turn the attacks on the president. >> have you been watching the obama campaign. they have no agenda for the future, no agenda for america, no agenda for a second term. it's a good thing they won't have a second term. they have -- they have been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. just watch it, the obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign. >> i forgot what i was going to say. it could be a taste of what we will see monday night in the 3rd and final debate. and we'll have special live coverage beginning at 6:00 on cbs 5. >>> the 15-year-old pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban is out of a coma and communicating. she's being treated in england where she was a message for the world. british doctors released this photo 10 days after the taliban put a bullet in her head. doctors say the 15-year-old is out of a coma and on her feet. >> she's doing very well, she was standing with hel
the romney camp is firing back, a senior adviser says he was stunned by mr. obama's romnesia remarks. and on the campaign trail romney tried to turn the attacks on the president. >> have you been watching the obama campaign. they have no agenda for the future, no agenda for america, no agenda for a second term. it's a good thing they won't have a second term. they have -- they have been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. just watch it, the obama campaign has become the...